Erwinia

Translingual

Fire blight (infection by Erwinia amylovora) on a pear tree

Etymology

From English Erwin (“a male given name”) (after US phytobacteriologist Erwin Frink Smith) +‎ -ia.

Proper noun

Erwinia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae – certain bacteria, mostly pathogens of plants.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Enterobacterales - order; Enterobacteriaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Erwinia amylovora (fire blight), Erwinia aphidicola, Erwinia billingiae, Erwinia mallotivora, Erwinia papayae, Erwinia persicina, Erwinia psidii, Erwinia pyrifoliae, Erwinia rhapontici, Erwinia toletana, Erwinia tracheiphila (species)
  • Candidatus Erwinia dacicola (species, incompletely described)

Further reading

• Erwinia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Erwinia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Erwinia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Erwinia at the Catalogue of Life